Awning.



. .86 885. PATENTED SEPT. s, 9 7'. N0 M. GHALUPSKY. 1 O

AWNING. APPLICATION rrngn MAR. 1,5. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHBET 1.

"lrllllgll4 witnesses Thmentor Q/ kx 0Q A 5 K g.

d )7 [535 m @1111 ich in! 4 s5 PATENTED SBPT.3 1907. N0 86 M. GHALUPSKY.

AWNING.

APPLICATION FILED MAE-15. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AWNING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed March 15, 1967. Serial No. 362,496.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHIAB CHALUPSKY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Awning, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to awnings that are adapted to be supported by the sides of buildings and that can be let down and raised at will, and the objects of my improvements are,to provide an awning that shall be adapted to be made in large widths, and that can be used where there is but limited head room without the usual stationary frame.

My invention consists of novel means for supporting an awning roller intermediate its ends.

It consists furthe" in novel means for winding up the rope which is usually employed to support the end ourtains of awnings. 7

It also consists of a novel frame for supporting and stretching the canvas of the awning.

It also consists in various novel details of construction shown in the drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure'l is a front view of the awning in lowered position. Fig. 2 is a plan of a portion of the winding mechanism on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section part of the winding mechanism. Fig. 4 is an end view of the awning in lowered position. Fig. 5 is a view of the roller support. 'Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are details of the upper end of the mechanism for operating the roller.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, 1 is a roller having short stud shafts 2 and 3 at its ends. The shaft 2 is journaled in the sleeve 4 which is carried in the bracket 5. The shaft 3 is journaled in the sleeve 6 carried by the bracket 7. These brackets and sleeves may be used at either end of the roller, and the driving mechanism for the roller may be at the right end as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or at the left end as shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

The roller itself is a sheet metal tube 8, having a center piece or core 9 of wood to stiffen it and receive the stud shafts 2 and 3. The canvas 10 is secured to the roller by means of screws 11 passing through the canvas and sheet metal into the wood. On the stud shafts are secured the rope sheaves 12fand to one of the rope sheaves is attached the bevel gear 13 for driving the roller.

Attached to the sleeve 6 is a frame comprising the casing 14, sleeve 15 and connecting neck 16. A shaft 17 is journaled in the sleeve 15 and has secured to it the bevel gear 18 which meshes with the bevel gear 13. The bracket 7 is hooked shaped to receive the sleeve 6, and the jaws of the hook are separated a less distance than the diameter of the sleeve 6, and are separated a slightly greater distance than the diameter of the neck 16. When the frame is swung up to a' vertical position as shown in Fig. 6 in dotted lines, it can be slipped out of the bracket. The shaft 3 can then be lifted out of the bracket 7 and the shaft 2, with or without its sleeve 4, may be slipped out of the'bracket 5.

At the end of the shaft 17 is one knuckle 19 of auniversal joint, the other knuckle 19 attaching to the shaft 20 which carries. a knuckle 21 of a second similar joint at its lower end. The second knuckle 22 is secured to the stem of the worm wheel 23, mounted in the case 24. A worm 25 also mounted in this case engages the teeth of this wheel, and its stem 26 is adapted to receive the crank 27. The two universal joints in the driving shaft permit wide latitude in the location of the case 24.

When the rollers are of great length, it is necessary that theybe supported intermediate their ends. For this purpose the construction shown in Fig. 5 may be employed. A curved arm 30 projects from the plate 31 which is secured to the wall or other support. The arm is provided with enlargements or sockets 32 which are adapted to receive the shanks33 of the ball retainer 34 which loosely holds the balls 35. Set screws 36 hold the shanks in place. As will be seen from the drawings, the balls 35, which are preferably of glass, will turn with and at the same time support the roller 8 at this point. Secured to the plate 31 is a second plate 37 which has lugs 38 to which are pivoted the extensions or forks 39 of the arm 40. (See Figs. 2 and 5). The arm 40 carries a ball 35 at its outer end, which ball bears on the roller 8. Secured to the building or other structure are sockets 42 for the rods 43. On these rods are slidable the guides 44 at the inner ends of the side rods 45. A frame 46 connects the outer ends of the side rods 45. Brackets 47 secured to the building,'each support one end of a brace 48, the other end 70 of which is forked and pivoted to a side rod 45 intermediate its ends. The frame 46 is formed of a top member 49, a bottom member 50, ends 51 having pins on which the ends of the braces 45 are pivoted, and a net or grill work 52 which serves to brace and tie this frame until the whole acts as a stiff tions after the canvas is unrolled will be very much higher than when their inner ends are mounted on fixed pivots. Thus when the height of the roller is limited, as by a window in the story above, a much wider awning can be employed with the same amount of head room, with this construction, than when the inner ends of the side rods'are mounted on fixed pivots.

A sheet 53 of metal or other material may be secured to the grill 52', for signpurposes. I

The sleeves 4 and 6 extend outwardly beyond the brackets 5 and 7 and on their outer ends are slipped and secured the eyes 54 of "the arms 55. On the,iree ends of the' arms are fastened the spirals 56 which coil around the short tubes 57 which are revoluble therein. A screw 58 retains the washer 59 on the end capof each of these. constructions as shown in Fig. 8, and between the washer and cap is secured the upper end of the end curtain of the awning. The cords 0r ropes 61 extend from the frame 46 to and around the tubes 57, between coils of the spirals 56, and to the.

sheaves 12. Rings 62, around these cords, support the end curtains.

When the awning is raised, the sheaves 12 will wind' up' the cords 61, which will pull the cords through the rings 62, causing the end curtains (SO-to bunch between the screws 58 and the frame 46. The inner lower ends of these curtains are secured to the building. The cords as they pass around the tubes 57 turn the same and: thus avoid friction. They are thus carried out from just within the edge of the top canvas to the sheaves, and the end curtains are always well within the outer edges of the top canvas, thus avoiding the unsightly gaps between them.

Having .now" explained my improvements, what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In an awning, the combination of a roller, a shaft projecting from one end, a gear mounted thereon, a bracket to support said shaft, a sleeve mounted in said bracket, in which sleeve said shaft is journaied a casing carried by said sleeve and a second sleeve attached thereto, a shaft journaied in said second sleeve and a gear mounted on said shaft to engage the gear on the roller shaft, the bracket having an opening in its upper side of less width than the diameter of the sleeve mounted'ther'ein but of greater width than the diameter of the neck between said sleeve and the casing,

2. In an awning, the combination of a roller, brackets to support the same, a rope sheave on one end of'the roller, frames to support the canvas top of said awning, an arm extending from said bracket inward below said top and provided with 'a rope guide, a rope extending from the outer end of the frame around said guide to said sheave, rings on said rope, and a side curtain supported by said rings and by said arm.

In an awning, the combination of a sheet of flexible material, and frame work to extend the same, a roller, means to operate said roller to roll up and unroll said sheet, a side curtain normally under and within the side edge of said sheet, a cord along the upper edge of the side curtain, rings on said cord to support the side curtain, a horizontal spiral supported near said roller, 9. tube loosely mounted within said spiral, and a rope sheave at the end of said roller, the parts being so positioned that the cord in passing around with the roller will be guided outward by said spiral into the vertical plane of the rope sheave.

4. In an awning, the combination of a roller, a rope sheave at one end of the roller, a canvas top, a frame to extend the same, a rope extending from the outer edge of the canvas top along the edge of the same to the sheave, a

side curtain supported; thereby, and means mounted near said sheave to guide said rope from the edge of the canvas top vto the winding plane of the sheave.

5. In an awning; the combination of a canvas top, a roller for the same, a sheave mounted at one end of the roller, a side curtain mounted just within a lateral edge of the top, a ropeto support the'same, and a guide for, 

